Matt Kimberley

In a move that should advance Chinese sports car technology by several generations in one fell swoop, Geely looks to be taking advantage of Lotus' recent upturn in fortunes

In what is a huge loss to the motorsport world, Nicky Hayden has lost his fight for survival after being hit by a car in Italy last week

Clio 182 prices are going up, making great-condition 197s look like a high-revving steal

I'm probably setting myself up for a keyboard backlash here, but I just don't get the resurgence of brown cars we seem to be experiencing right now

It's from the 1970s, it's two shades of brown and it's almost immaculate. With its retro looks and perky(ish) 1.3-litre engine, this original Honda Civic is an absolute gem

We all love a loud, fast, bombastic estate car. There isn't a type of car anywhere else in the automotive world that combines more character with more grace and style. The petrolheads at AMG have made some of the very best for almost three decades

After comments made by Volvo's CEO to a German newspaper hit the headlines yesterday, Volvo has quickly moved to correct what it feels is a misrepresentation of its position on diesel

At less than £2000 more than a standard three-door Golf GTI, the increased desirability, equipment and performance of the Performance makes it an easy choice to make

As part of an overall drive towards electrification across its models, McLaren is looking at the potential for an all-electric hypercar within six years

Despite modern engines already shutting-down their injectors when coasting, meaning no fuel is used, Volkswagen has gone a step further to reduce frictional losses

After crashing his car because he was drunk, one driver was caught trying to evade the police after his car notified police of the accident

In what is historically a huge deal for the automotive industry and car history in general, Volvo, once a giant of diesel propulsion, could be shutting up shop for all diesel engines

Jaguar has revealed new pictures of an unusually-camouflaged XF Sportbrake prototype, as part of a tennis-themed road trip featuring Tim Henman

Volkswagen was probably hoping that the dust from dieselgate was beginning to settle, but a new test by a British magazine has suggested that the emissions fix is actually lowering people's fuel economy

We were expecting it to drive all four wheels, but we weren't expecting a new xDrive system that allows on-the-fly adjustment from four-wheel drive to rear-wheel drive. Technological whizzbangery ahoy!

After his rented Model X withstood being torpedoed by a speeding, stolen car the night before his wedding, John Tran is publicly thanking Tesla management for saving his life

You don't need mountains of power or a hefty price tag to have fun, and we think the new Civic Si sounds like it could be a gem that Europe misses out on

After months of speculation that the current Z4's replacement would be called the Z5, BMW's boss in America says that's not the case at all, and hints that its name hasn't quite been agreed yet...

The idea that limited-edition cars should be worth more the lower mileages they've completed is complete nonsense, and in fact, in some cases the opposite should be true

Love it or loathe it, the tuning potential in the Nissan Pulsar GTi-R is legendary. This one has a huge list of upgrades and an even bigger pile of paperwork to go with it, so it looks like a tempting performance bargain

A problem has emerged in a western German town near a US military base, to which soldiers have shipped their modified muscle cars. The local police don't seem to like the whole non-conformity thing...

Rather than confining the milestone 911 to a museum from its first day, Porsche is sending the millionth 911 on a world tour first

After seeing promising lap times in racing, Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus is confident that its road-going SGC003S, with its extra power and lesser weight, can beat the all-time Nurburgring lap record

They've been a long time coming but the first video reviews of the Ford GT have arrived, with journalists split over whether it's good, but just not good enough for the money, or the best thing since someone first put ice cream with jelly